Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for West Berkshire Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Feb 2024 to 25 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The Cleffon Broad Lane Upper Bucklebury Reading RG7 6QJ
Received 11 Feb 2026Boysmeade Oxford Road Newbury RG14 1XB
Received 9 Feb 2026Bath Road Farm Bath Road Padworth Reading RG7 5HR
Received 11 Feb 2026Cobbs Farm Shop Bath Road Hungerford RG17 0SP
Received 13 Feb 2026Land at Brimpton Lane and Brimpton Footpath 20 and Blacknest Lane Brimpton Common Reading
Received 13 Feb 2026The Stores Great Hidden Farm Eddington Hungerford
Received 12 Feb 2026Hunters Lodge Brewery Common Mortimer Reading RG7 3RH
Received 12 Feb 2026Brooders Farm Winterbourne Road Boxford Newbury RG20 8DS
Received 13 Feb 2026Dreweatts Offices Donnington Priory Oxford Road Donnington Newbury RG14 2JE
Received 13 Feb 2026Clapton Farm House Clapton Kintbury Hungerford RG17 9RP
Received 16 Feb 2026Meadow Land at and South Of River Kennet and North Of Charnham Park Hungerford
Received 13 Feb 2026Rambling Rose Farm Winterbourne Newbury RG20 8AS
Received 16 Feb 202611 Paddock Road Newbury RG14 7DL
Received 13 Feb 2026Chase End Craven Road Inkpen Hungerford RG17 9DZ
Received 13 Feb 202632 Longmoor Lane Mortimer Common Reading RG7 3RP
Received 13 Feb 2026The Plough Inn 81 Chapel Street Thatcham RG18 4JS
Received 13 Feb 2026Russetts Webbs Lane Beenham Reading RG7 5LH
Received 16 Feb 202636 Valley Road Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3NF
Received 16 Feb 2026Horseshoe Cottage Eastbury Hungerford RG17 7JG
Received 2 Feb 2026147 Halls Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 4QD
Received 16 Feb 20261 Mulberry Cottages The Green Beenham Reading RG7 5NP
Received 16 Feb 2026Walbury View Pottery Lane Inkpen Hungerford RG17 9QA
Received 17 Feb 2026Springbank Sandy Lane Curridge Thatcham RG18 9DG
Received 12 Feb 20267 Bowling Green Road Thatcham RG18 3BY
Received 12 Feb 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for West Berkshire Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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